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Sphenocrates aulodocha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Sphenocrates

Sphenocrates aulodocha is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous with a triangular whitish spot on the middle of the costa, where a whitish line interrupted in the middle runs to near the dorsum beyond the middle. There is a slight whitish mark along the costa near the apex. The hindwings are grey.

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Sphenocrates aulodocha Wikipedia